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JAKARTA, Indonesia–Indonesian police have arrested several men in an ongoing manhunt for those involved in a foiled plot to bomb Myanmar’s embassy in Jakarta in May allegedly in retaliation for violence against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority.

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Jakarta Police spokesman Rikwanto said late Wednesday that the antiterror squad arrested Khaerul Ikhwan in a printing shop in an eastern outskirt of Jakarta Tuesday. Police “strongly suspect [Mr. Ikhwan] to have involved in the plan to attack Myanmar’s embassy,” the spokesman said.

It is unclear who will be Mr. Ikhwan’s lawyer, so it was too early to know how he would plead if formally charged.

Mr. Rikwanto said the police arrested three other men present at the shop, but the police were still investigating what role they allegedly might have played. Read More »

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